No. 12-4-00519-5 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PIERCE In Re the Estate of WALTER G. SPEARS, Deceased. Probate Notice to Creditors-RCW 11.40.030 The Personal Representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the deceased must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative, or the attorneys of record, at the address stated below, a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Clerk of the Court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty (30) days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) Four (4) months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent's probate and nonprobate assets. The estate has been filed as an insolvent estate. This means there are not enough assets to pay the existing liabilities of the estate. DATED at Tacoma, Washington this 16 day of March, 2012 /s/DAVID E. PALMER Personal Representative of the Estate of Walter G. Spears, Deceased /s/SEAN FLYNN 43386 Of Rehmke & Flynn, PLLC 917 Pacific Avenue, Suite 407 Tacoma, Washington 98402 Attorney for Estate of Walter G. Spears DATE OF FILING: 13 April, 2012 DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: 17 April 2012 April 17, 24, May 1